Car for elevated railways



(N0 Model) E. s. WATSON.

GAR POR ELEVATED RAILWAYS.

No. 288,193. Patented N v, 6, 1883.

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' ELIJAH S. WATSON, OF 'WATER VALLEY, MISSISSIPPI.

CAR FOR ELEVATED RAILWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming To a/ZZ whom zit may concern:

Beit known that-ll, ELrJAr-r S. Warsoiv, of Water Valley, in the countyof Yalabusha and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rai1- ways; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make anduse it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which formpart of this specification. .Y

My invention relates to improvements in elevated railways and carstherefor; and it consists in a single rail supported upon stringerssecured to posts or pillars raised above the ground to a suitableheight, and a car made in two sections, one on each side of the track,and havingwheels located centrally near the top of the car, the greatestweight of the car and load being thrown below the track. and wheels.

The novel construction of the several parts embodied in my device andtheir general arrangement will be hereinafter more fully described, andpointed out in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sideview of my improved sin gle-railtrack with a car thereon; Fig. 2,avertical section of the car and track, and Fig. 3 a side elevation of alocomotive for the same.

rllhe rail A is the ordinary T-rail laid upon longitudinalstring-.pieces B, properly secured to the vertical posts or pillars C,which risev from the ground a suitable distance, depending upon thedepth of the car and the requirements of the ground. l Upon this singlerail the cars travel. Each car is composed of two sections, D, and ismade asfollows: Framepieces F 'F are located at each end of the car, andare preferably made of angle-iron of sufficient size to bear a straingreater than the load placed upon them. The frame-pieces F F extendabove and below the rail'and on each side thereof, as shown in Fig. 2.These framepieces are preferably made of angle iron, which givesgreatest strength with least weight of metal; or they may be ofwrought-iron or steel rods. The lower or bent portions of the part ofLetters Patent No. 288,193, dated November 6, 1883. Application tiledMarch 27, 1883. (No model.) l Y The box or body of The wheels E E,whichhavea double lia'nge, u'

maybe journaled in journal-boxes secured to the upper or lower side oftwo parallel beams,

which may be placedin the upper bend of thev frame, and to which thepieces F are bolted and secured. The exterior sides of the framepiecesare made straight Orhan g vertical. The interior ones 'I arel bentoutwardly from the track, commencing at a point at or near the top ofthe stringerB. The object of this is to' throw the weight outwardly fromthe roadway, and thus prevent oscillation of the car. The greatestweight is brought below the rail, and

the strain comes upon the wheel and rail, and

there is a stability thus given to the cars which will prevent themleaving the rail, and insures an absence of vibration or oscillation.

`One side of the car cannot approach the track without overcoming thegravity of the opposite side and lifting said side to a greater heightthan the descent ofthe first side mentioned, so that it is virtuallyimpossible for the car to be derailed. The greater the load on the carthe greater the traction on the rail and the greater the ste-adiness ofmotion.

The engine will have a boiler andlirebox on each side of the rail, andthe driving mechanism can be placed at each side of the beams, orlocated in any suitable position. The car can also be actuated by asystem oi' pivoted levers secured to the driving-wheels.

A railway built as described can be run over a rough or plain country,and is particularly applicable for mining regions, where track# gradingis expensive. It is also easily and economically constructed inswamp-lands, as

nothing more is required than a pile foundation for the posts orsupports C.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isi v I a A ourY Afor asingle-rail track, having end shown and described, and -for the purposeset frame-pieces made of a single bar of metal, F, forth.' 1o bent orcurved. at its upper portion, so as to In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in afford room for the Wheels E, the interior presence of twowitnesses. I

5 sides of the bar being bent outwardly from 2LV ELIJAH S. WATSON.

point near the track, the exterior sides being Witnesses: vertical, thecar Consisting of two sections, one J. W. FRY, K i i on each side of thetrack, substantially as F. SPENCE. 1

